Blackthorn Malphite

Also called Malphite Azir

Level 8Carried by Malphite & Azir

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 29 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

—Tier

#5.33Avg Place

34.4%Top 4 %

5.7%Win %

0.2%Play Rate

3,333Games, 7 days

Final board

The board at level 8, where most of its games end, from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. Press a level to see the board on the way.

★★

Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

Malphite★★

Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor
Spirit Visage

carry

Soraka★★

Blackthorn Emblem
Spear of Shojin
Jeweled Gauntlet

Zyra★★

Blackthorn Emblem
Void Staff
Spear of Shojin

Azir★★

Guinsoo's Rageblade
Hextech Gunblade
Rabadon's Deathcap

carry

Rek'Sai★★

Veigar★★

Fiddlesticksflex

Kha'Zix
Kennen

Warwickflex

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How to play this

When: You hold Needlessly Large Rod and Chain Vest, and nobody else in the lobby is on Malphite or Azir.
#5.20 alone43% of games
#5.39 with one other40% of games
#5.68 with two or more17% of games
Others on Malphite or Azir in the lobby, over 4,370 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items: Slam Warmog's Armor first (Giant's Belt ×2): of Malphite's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.86 over 4,154 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Needlessly Large Rod ×4Chain Vest ×2Negatron Cloak ×2B.F. SwordRecurve Bow
Level: Stay around level 8. Its games also end at level 7 (20%) and level 9 (17%). Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Malphite; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 8.0 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.86 across every comp; this one averages 5.32, 0.46 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries: Malphite 3★ on 1% of boards
Gargoyle Stoneplate ×2, Warmog's Armor
#4.97 over 259 games at all ranks
Azir 3★ on 24% of boards
Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon's Deathcap
#4.52 over 325 games at all ranks

Stage by stage

Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Rek'Sai, Veigar, Warwick and Azir.

Malphite's items go on Rek'Sai until Malphite comes in at level 6.

Azir holds its own items from level 4.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Malphite.

124 real boards went out at level 6 holding four or more of its units. real

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.5 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Soraka, Zyra and Fiddlesticks.

3★ targets: Azir 24%

61% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.8 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.3 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-5 on average, with 8 gold left.

Which version?

Eleven comps play Blackthorn around Malphite; the biggest four are compared here. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play

Rek'Sai

Azir

Malphite

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Not gradedBlackthorn Malphite

#5.33 avg34.4% top 43,333 gamesLevel 8

Played on about 1 board in 556 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Malphite & Azir

Only this one plays

or Fiddlesticks

Not gradedBlackthorn Malphite with Sett

#5.22 avg36.0% top 42,165 gamesFast 8

Played on about 1 board in 833 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Malphite

Only this one plays

Ahri

Sett

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Not gradedBlackthorn Malphite & Warwick

#4.32 avg55.1% top 4744 games2-cost reroll at level 7

Played on about 1 board in 2,500 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Warwick & Malphite

Only this one plays

Murkwolf

Krug

Brambleback

or Kha'Zix

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No tier yetBlackthorn Malphite & Ezreal

— avg— top 4333 gamesFast 8

Carried by Malphite & Ezreal

Only this one plays

LeBlanc

Ezreal

or Alistar

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7 smaller versions

Blackthorn Malphite & Warwick with LuxNo tier yet161 games
Blackthorn Malphite with KennenNo tier yet126 games
Blackthorn Malphite with GnarNo tier yet123 games
Blackthorn Malphite with WarwickNo tier yet110 games
Blackthorn Malphite with FiddlesticksNo tier yet94 games
Blackthorn Malphite with AluneNo tier yet85 games
Blackthorn Malphite with TaricNo tier yet57 games

Ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+. A dashed portrait is a flex slot: many of its games play another unit there.

No tier yet fewer than 400 games in 7 days Not graded played too rarely to grade

Board at every levelthe board level by level, with its traits and the options its games play

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 7 up it is measured over 11,161 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

720%861%917%101%

Lv 4plan

4Malphite’s items on Rek'Sai

Lv 5plan

Added

2Malphite’s items on Rek'Sai

Lv 6real

Added

Sold

Lv 720%

Added

2Optionsall: #6.59 · 0% won · 268 games

Krug#6.492% won · 67

Soraka#6.670% won · 46

Zyra#6.730% won · 33

Lv 861%

Added

Sold

Lv 917%

Added

3★ targets Azir24%

How these rows are made

Level 7 and up are the boards this comp’s games ended on. Riot’s match data keeps only that last board, so the levels below are planned by one rule from this comp’s own units and traits and Riot’s shop odds, and marked plan — how the rule works. Hover a trait badge for what it does. Rows marked real are the boards of the games that went out at that level holding four or more of this comp’s units — real boards on the way to it, not its own games. Under a measured level, its options: what its games put in the slots past that level’s core, best placed first, with average place, win rate and games beside the level’s own. All of them went out at that level, so none is flattered by having got further. The board draws the first, in a gold ring; the most played is named among them.

Item builds, measuredthe carries’ three-item builds, with average place and games

The carries’ most played three-item builds this patch, with the placement of the games they were built in.

Champion	Build	Avg Place	Games
Malphite	Gargoyle StoneplateGargoyle StoneplateWarmog's Armor	#4.97	259
Malphite	CrownguardGargoyle StoneplateWarmog's Armor	#4.82	225
Malphite	Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageWarmog's Armor	#5.10	184
Azir	Guinsoo's RagebladeHextech GunbladeRabadon's Deathcap	#4.52	325
Azir	Archangel's StaffGuinsoo's RagebladeHextech Gunblade	#4.73	177

Components to hold Needlessly Large Rod ×4, Chain Vest ×2, Giant's Belt ×2, Negatron Cloak ×2, B.F. Sword, Recurve Bow

Variationswhat close versions add or leave out, and how they placed

Other boards this comp ends on, over the last 14 days. Each row is a version’s usual final board and what it plays instead of this comp’s own board at that level.

Lv 8

4.42avg place834 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 8

5.11avg place771 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 8

4.26avg place609 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 7

5.41avg place399 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 8

4.65avg place354 gamesPlays

Instead of

Augments that fitby trait and by our rule; no augment has a number of its own

What each augment grants, set against what this comp measured: the same rule the overlay uses when it reads the three on offer. A measured line is the comp’s own placement at a trait level; a line by rule is a fact about the comp, such as the damage its carry is built for.

MeasuredThe comp’s own placement at a trait’s levels, beside the augments that give the trait.

#4.93

Blackthorn 6: averages 4.93 here, against 5.29 at Blackthorn 4 (10,401 boards)

Item Extraction

#4.93

Flora Fatalis 2: averages 4.93 here, against 5.20 at Flora Fatalis 1 (9,063 boards)

Consuming Flora

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Malphite is built for ability power here (9,083 boards)

Baron's Lair

Coronation

Deadlier Caps

Hold the Line

Soul Awakening

Dark Ritual

Early Learnings

Embiggen

NO SCOUT NO PIVOT

Seraphim's Staff

Tons of Stats!

Stand United

Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Malphite is built for ability power here (9,083 boards)

Deadlier Blades

Cybernetic Implants

Focused Fire

Riot’s match-v1 data does not report which augments a player took, so no augment has a number of its own on this page or anywhere else on the site. The augment reference lists what each one grants.

Questionswhat people search for about this comp, answered from this page

What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.

How do you play Blackthorn Malphite in TFT Set 18?

Level 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.3 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (61%).

What items does Malphite need?

Its most played build this patch is Gargoyle Stoneplate, Gargoyle Stoneplate and Warmog's Armor: #4.97 over 259 games.

Is Blackthorn Malphite good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #5.33 and 34% top 4 over 3,333 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #5.35 over 3,595 games.

Is Blackthorn Malphite contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Malphite or Azir it placed #5.20 (43% of games), with one other #5.39 (40%), with two or more #5.68 (17%), over 4,370 games of this patch at all ranks.

More about this compladder boards, traits, by bracket, trend, also played

At the top of the ladder

The newest boards of this comp from the players on our leaderboard, best placed first. A name opens that player’s games, board and items included.

#1MIH bensac#WTBChallenger · EUW · 1,559 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-24
#2rita#bbtChallenger · NA · 1,687 LP · level 9 · out at 6-3 · 2026-10-27
#3whyyoumadpro#EUWChallenger · EUW · 1,836 LP · level 8 · out at 6-2 · 2026-10-25
#47YearsOld#123Challenger · SEA · 1,907 LP · level 9 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-26
#4FuuTime#xddChallenger · SEA · 1,552 LP · level 9 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-22
#8만어리#만어리Challenger · KR · 1,617 LP · level 8 · out at 5-1 · 2026-10-18

Traits

Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Flora Fatalis2

Monolith1

Thornmaiden1

Blackthorn5next 6

Executioner2next 3

Spellweaver2next 4

Summoner2next 3

What each tier of this comp’s own traits was worth on its boards. The small number under each average is how many boards sat at that tier.

Trait	Placement at each tier
Blackthorn	25.2374045.294,41164.935,990
Executioner	25.435,16434.753,53743.901,299
Flora Fatalis	15.202,88924.936,174
Spellweaver	24.827,25644.39453
Summoner	24.875,72135.192,709

By bracket

Diamond, Master, Grandmaster and Challenger against the whole sample. Each board carries the tier of its own player where the sampler held it.

Bracket	Games	Avg Place	Top 4 %	Win %
Diamond+	3,333	#5.33	34.4%	5.7%
All ranks	3,595	#5.35	33.8%	5.5%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 7 days. The bars are scaled to the range shown, so the shape is the comparison and the figure under each bar is the day.

5.2523

5.4624

5.3825

5.2926

5.2527

5.4528

5.4629

Also played

Families sharing at least 4 core units with this one — the same board taken a different way.

Comp	Tier	Shared units	Avg Place	Games
Blackthorn Malphite & Ezreal	—	5	#4.46	364
Blackthorn Malphite with Gnar	—	5	#4.10	136
Blackthorn Malphite with Fiddlesticks	—	5	#4.72	106
Summoner Malphite & Zyra with Alune	—	5	#3.49	55
Executioner Malphite & Soraka	B	4	#4.69	50,514
Sprykin Rammus & Azir	A	4	#4.36	45,285
Blackthorn Malphite with Sett	—	4	#5.23	2,324
Sprykin Azir & Rammus with Gnar	—	4	#3.95	1,245